![]() ![]() Why is this important? Because without the ability to sustain the market all trade hubs are doomed to fail and the ultimate question would be whether or not a trade hub can survive with such a small market share. Without being able to compete with Jita the other hubs will be no more than a drop of water in an ocean this of course means that the smaller hubs will not ever reach even 10% of their potential. Jita has a central location, trillions of isk and items, and most importantly it is known by everyone in eve as the place to shop. The unfortunate truth is that there is little chance for any trade hub to outdo Jita as the trade hub of choice. It can only be a hub when players go there to buy and sell goods and that includes other traders. While some players will choose the hub for convenience lazy players will not be enough to make it an established hub. It will take months or years in order for players to go to the station of your choosing on a regular basis. It is essential for any trade hub to have active traders if it is going to survive and one player cannot supply everything that the hub requires.Įven after those things you will have to be patient, something that people are not generally known for. The idea proposed here is whether or not a trade hub can be created by one person, not can one player corner the new trade hub market. They also pull the stress off you as they take over you will have less isk invested and more time to do other things. Even though the traders are competing with you in a new hub they will expand the hub and help build a bigger market. Most trade hubs are major mission hubs or were at some point and even though they were created by thousands of players it is still a cornerstone to having a successful marketplace.Įventually other players will move into the area and start trading there as well and you shouldn’t try to market pvp them out. It also allows you to start turning over items immediately and will help spread word of mouth. Placing it in a location with plenty of players will only help advertise the new trade hub which is important to the success of the hub. Something like a mission hub wouldn’t be a bad idea but the idea is to get a location where players will be with or without a market. It is unlikely that you will be able to beat the prices of other trade hubs because of their size and besides you need a supply of goods which you won’t be able to manufacture yourself. With isk being everything in eve players are willing to go 5 jumps to save a few million isk and that’s why you should keep away from other hubs. You have to pick a location that makes sense or rather has a need, a location that isn’t near another major trade hub because otherwise it will be out shadowed. Now it’s unrealistic to believe that a single player can supply every item and buy most items but the more characters that are buying/selling the more items will change hands, so in this case the more characters in the market the better. However with thousands of orders it could still take an hour or two to update the orders even once a week. Normally creating and maintaining these orders can be time consuming but in a market where no other players exist it actually wouldn’t require much maintenance. As I mentioned earlier both buy and sell orders will be needed because a hub doesn’t survive because of sellers it survives because of the players who sell to the buyers and then decide they need more missiles or another ship. Secondly you will need multiple characters in order to create thousands of buy/sell orders. Considering that you have to buy T1 loot and sell T2 loot the money will turnover very slowly and minerals in particular are going to tie up a lot of the isk in the trade hub. Additionally you will need to place buy orders and while that is easily done with margin trading it can take a still take a lot of capital to get started. This is a given, any goods that you place on the market at first will not sell so even if it only costs one million isk a module you will need thousands of them and that money will not be available for months to come. Is it possible to create a new trade hub? Well the question has been asked before but to adjust it: Can one player lay the seeds of creation for a new trade hub? A trade hub obviously has to have more than one trader supplying resources and buying the excess, but can you start a trade hub that becomes permanent?įirst off you have to have a massive amount of isk to hold an inventory. ![]()
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